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plagiarism

[pley-juh-riz-uhm, -jee-uh-riz-] / ˈpleɪ dʒəˌrɪz əm, -dʒi əˌrɪz- /


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The online service Grammarly originated in 2009 as a suite of tools to help ferret out plagiarism in schoolwork or help students hone their grammar and spelling.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

When the public hears about scientific fraud, the focus often falls on isolated cases involving falsified data, plagiarism or retracted studies.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

Sales of the book were halted in late 2023 after Neil said he found evidence of plagiarism in an introduction Hill wrote, a mistake she has acknowledged.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The real author describes it as a combination of plagiarism and banality.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

She denounced it as a “hodgepodge of plagiarism pulled from here, a bit from there, the whole misinterpreted and sensationalized to give color to the red-flag word SPIES.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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